Japanese electronic music is vastly underappreciated in English speaking countries, which is mental considering a lot of it is instrumental. This gem was released in…
Jazz
24/10/2019: “Gol-E Gandom” by Lloyd Miller
Sometimes, western attempts to blend Middle Eastern styles with Jazz can be a bit suspect. Especially if, as is the case here, the album title…
19/10/2019: “Wildflower” by Hank Crawford
The original version of this was a soulful 1972 smooth jam by Skylark. It’s a nice enough tune, if a little lacking in energy. There…
29/09/2019: “Blue Valentines” by Tom Waits
Tom Waits makes incredibly depressing music, for the most part. That doesn’t mean, however, that it isn’t astoundingly beautiful. His own distinctive, crusty tones sound…
15/09/2019: “8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7. Poco lento e grazioso in G flat major” by Art Tatum/Antonin Dvorak
I wasn’t entirely clear how to credit this one. The piece was composed by Dvorak in 1894, but Art Tatum’s version is very different in…
26/08/2019: “Astral Travelling” by Pharaoh Sanders
Along with Alice & John Coltrane, and possibly Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders is behind the evolution of the cosmic jazz style, deeply spiritual in an…
26/07/2019: “Frantic Moment” by Eddie Hazel
Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs was released in 1977, the only one of Eddie Hazel’s solo albums to be released while he was alive. Until its re-release in the…
15/07/2019: “Politician Man” by Betty Davis
“Politician” is a song by Cream, released in 1968 on their Wheels Of Fire album. It’s a fair sleazy sounding song anyway, as a indictment of sexually deviant…
24/06/2019: “The Word II” by Shigeo Sekito
Earlier on, I wrote about Mac DeMarco. One of my favourite tunes by Mac DeMarco is Chamber Of Reflection, not least because of the stunning…
21/06/2019: “Mystery To Me” by Walt Barr
I stumbled across this song because the YouTube algorithm suggested it. I have to say, these algorithms are getting good! Other than than, people might…